An album of 118 botanical watercolours Company School, Northern India, late 18th Century

watercolours on paper, most with identifying inscription in ink in English giving the Latin name and the 'common name' (a transliteration of the Persian), some inscriptions in pencil only, and the Persian title in nasta'liq script, also numbered non-consecutively in Arabic, some with Persian title only, one painting in gatefold format (Phaseolus), paper watermarked either Portal & Bridges or GR [Georgius Rex], later blue-green morocco binding, gilt-embossed on spine with Botanical Drawings420 x 270 mm.

Footnotes

The paintings were bound at a later date, as shown both by the binding itself and the non-consecutive numbering.

The album is notable for the number of less commonly portrayed and less obviously colourful wild plants, with an emphasis on those of practical use.

In the following list, the English title is given first (usually a Latin name, following Linnaeus' classification), then any other comment or name, then the Persian title (in italics), followed by the identification of the plant where this has been possible. The inscriptions are as follows:

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